LOOK OUT GHOST RIDER

October 31, 2006 3:00 PM

A motorcycle for halloween
posted by boo_radley (30 comments total)

a motorcycle in the form of a dead person...how apropos...

but seriously...damn, that's a serious piece of work.
posted by mcstayinskool at 3:03 PM on October 31, 2006

ghostrider!
posted by Vindaloo at 3:06 PM on October 31, 2006

Nice trailing link!
posted by speug at 3:07 PM on October 31, 2006

As the British MeFites would say: that man's got his chopper in the chopper!
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:07 PM on October 31, 2006

That is so badass.
posted by TungstenChef at 3:09 PM on October 31, 2006

I guess I'm the only one finding this somewhat... erm... necrophilic. Someone please tell me I'm not.
posted by koeselitz at 3:10 PM on October 31, 2006

Perfect for those days when you just have to get out on the open road and have anal sex with a skeleton.
posted by malocchio at 3:10 PM on October 31, 2006

Freaking awesome. Is that the gas tank on the back above the tire?
posted by Mach5 at 3:10 PM on October 31, 2006

Yeah. With the black t-shirt on.
posted by koeselitz at 3:16 PM on October 31, 2006

I guess I'm the only one finding this somewhat... erm... necrophilic. Someone please tell me I'm not.

You're not alone.
posted by knave at 3:30 PM on October 31, 2006

Eesh, hit a bump and get a titanium pelvis in the groin. No thanks.
posted by gottabefunky at 3:44 PM on October 31, 2006

Can someone tell me where the front brake is? or is it truly a suicide machine?
posted by wilful at 3:49 PM on October 31, 2006

I guess I'm the only one finding this somewhat... erm... necrophilic. Someone please tell me I'm not.

You're not alone.

Neither are you.
posted by dontoine at 4:07 PM on October 31, 2006

Yeah, fuck that bike!
posted by ColdChef at 4:08 PM on October 31, 2006

I could have sworn it was going to be this motorcycle riding skeleton.
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 4:09 PM on October 31, 2006

The longhair looks like the type to buttfuck a skeleton.
posted by letitrain at 4:17 PM on October 31, 2006

Appearing soon in a USA Network original series, I'm sure.
posted by sourwookie at 4:17 PM on October 31, 2006

I'm really not a big fan of choppers, but I got to admit, there is some serious artistry there. The one thing I would have changed is the handlebars; they just jut out of the back. I probably would have gone with something like truncated wings .
posted by quin at 4:19 PM on October 31, 2006

I could have sworn it was going to be this motorcycle riding skeleton.

MOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HO-HO-HA-HA-HA-HAAAA!!!
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:24 PM on October 31, 2006

This wouldn't be my first choice for a motorcycle but its pretty amazing and really well done. The sodomy angle means he gets lots of strange looks while passing cars, especially if he's rocking to some tunes.

Still, pretty superb work.

I wish I could find the image of the motorcycle that was basically the same as this but was a woman's body instead a skeleton.
posted by fenriq at 4:46 PM on October 31, 2006

That's cool.

A friend bought a Ninja that had been custom painted with a naked woman on it so it looked like you were riding down the road while, er, riding down the road, if you follow. His wife paid for a new paint job.
posted by maxwelton at 5:13 PM on October 31, 2006

Nifty concept, good execution.

But it's the handling that must be truly terrifying.
posted by TheNewWazoo at 6:22 PM on October 31, 2006

Even better, in my opinion (with automobile engine!)
posted by vaportrail at 7:33 PM on October 31, 2006

A better Halloween bike costume (because it was, well, a costume) was one I saw at Hampshire College back in the early 90's.

Kid did up his bike in a papier mache lobster shell. He set up the claws to open and close when he hit the throttle.

If you've ever been to the Hampshire Halloween party, you can imagine the ruckus it caused.
posted by QIbHom at 7:51 PM on October 31, 2006

Damn, vaportrail! I agree.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:03 PM on October 31, 2006

Every year while I was at Hampshire ('79 - '83) at least one person would show up naked. Standing in line for beer, I heard an Amherst guy say to a naked longhair, "Man, you sure have balls."
posted by squalor at 10:00 PM on October 31, 2006

Lots of hat, no cows.

I'm amazed how much damn work people will go to crafting hard tail V-twins with modified springer front suspensions. This is not a bike I would want to ride, and although it is, in its own way, a testament to artistic vision and craftsmanship, it is, overall, One Bad Idea Piled On Another. And one that would get old looking at, and cleaning, in less than a week.
posted by paulsc at 10:01 PM on October 31, 2006

Great find boo_radley. Great find.
posted by three blind mice at 12:14 AM on November 1, 2006

I still find the viberider more amusing.
posted by jeffburdges at 2:06 AM on November 1, 2006

I'm squinting my eyes trying to figure out whether that thing has a female or a male pelvis.

Also, I'd like to see night photos with those lampy eyes shining and streetlights reflecting off the bones.
posted by Anything at 7:04 AM on November 1, 2006